Cisco IOS up to 12.2t memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco IOS up to 12.2t. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-0054. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco IOS up to 12.2t (Router Operating System). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple vulnerabilities in the H.323 protocol implementation for Cisco IOS 11.3T through 12.2T allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by the NISCC/OUSPG PROTOS test suite for the H.225 protocol.

The bug was discovered 02/13/2004. The weakness was presented 02/17/2004 with University of Oulu Security Programming Group as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-0054. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15285 (Debian DSA-448-1 : pwlib - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38246 (Multiple Vendor H.323 Protocol Implementation Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2588.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (14173), Tenable (15285), SecurityFocus (BID 9406†), OSVDB (3455†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1008685†). See VDB-21575, VDB-21621, VDB-23621 and VDB-23505 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 15285
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-448-1 : pwlib - several vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: University of Oulu Security Programming Group
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0054 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0054
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21573

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X-Force: 14173
SecurityFocus: 9406 - Multiple Vendor H.323 Protocol Implementation Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 3455 - PWLib message denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1008685
Vulnerability Center: 14383 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS H.323 Implementation, High

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Created: 10/15/2014 14:23
Updated: 07/13/2025 19:04
Changes: 10/15/2014 14:23 (73), 07/15/2019 11:46 (11), 12/15/2024 23:45 (17), 07/13/2025 19:04 (2)
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